32Land managers to take special area plan into account

32 Land managers to take special area plan into account

(1) In carrying out a function involving land management—

(a) on behalf of the Crown; or

(b) under an Act—

a Minister or public authority must have regard to any special area plan applying to the land.

(2) Subsection (1) is in addition to and does not take away from any other duty or power of the Minister or public authority to take matters into account.

(3) A Minister or public authority need not take a provision of a special area plan into account to the extent that the provision is inconsistent with a provision of an Act other than this Act, or an instrument under an Act other than this Act.

(4) This section does not oblige a Minister or public authority to implement a special area plan.

Division 3—Land use conditions